Background
John Mbiti, in the opening line of his book, 'African Religions and Philosophy' says simply, 'Africans are notoriously religious'. Little surprise therefore, that reading the ninth edition of his 'The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African', one sees that this is a deeply religious man.

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Introduction
March 2007 marks the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. This was championed by William Wilberforce, MP for Hull, and supported by many including ex-slave Olaudah Equiano. With the legacies of the Slave Trade still evident after all these years, there are frequent calls for reparations, for justice. This article suggests that an act of 'atonement' may be the most appropriate response by today's British government and people for the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Africans as chattel.